tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308472292024-03-13T12:28:01.050-02:30I Found my Childhood on eBayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger547125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-88892976900179102612012-03-23T20:00:00.001-02:302012-03-23T20:00:21.538-02:30Chrissy Doll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I didn't have this doll but several of my friends did. Chrissy had short hair but it would grow if you turned the knob on her back. To make her hair short again you would press a button on her belly. I wished I had a Chrissy doll!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-78036423634376198862012-02-19T18:57:00.003-03:302012-02-19T18:57:53.895-03:30Digital Derby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think my younger brother had this. An electronic hand held game. The cars would drive down the road and you had to avoid them by turning the wheel. Fun stuff!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-66267612103039906712012-01-30T20:09:00.004-03:302012-01-30T20:09:53.400-03:30Miracle Wheel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm not sure what we called this toy, but the box says it is a "Miracle Wheel". I know we didn't call it that. With a flick of the wrist you could make the wheel travel along the wire frame and defy gravity. It was my brother's.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-15056423149865728842011-12-20T11:04:00.001-03:302011-12-20T11:04:36.120-03:30Eaton's 1973 Christmas Catalogue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another Christmas catalogue from my childhood.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-89538433010044885872011-06-23T14:05:00.000-02:302011-06-23T14:05:26.733-02:30Carpet Sweeper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXts2kDuD6KvGFv0RQLi5bzgv1QurA3MZzbY4i8LYxeY86fsuUDYFKmjKQSXjPuu1oiaVFNlnwaI85Fu_KewMEsSFu3PeHM5CeEa4ndnE5jNM-NYH00Mlx4nfVqtiwvBDEaD2D/s1600/carpet-sweeper1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXts2kDuD6KvGFv0RQLi5bzgv1QurA3MZzbY4i8LYxeY86fsuUDYFKmjKQSXjPuu1oiaVFNlnwaI85Fu_KewMEsSFu3PeHM5CeEa4ndnE5jNM-NYH00Mlx4nfVqtiwvBDEaD2D/s320/carpet-sweeper1.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaDCDahJVpxpyjlI2miN9MC6VOdzL5pZJLQu15pv7gwpkUcXoHjFOEqQTfPCsloaCDtI_TnLZLahIVOKrQynGSAILXxzrbBkgNEXdHefr6qwxpD0trdBPuUIol-hvUgyry_8p/s1600/val.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaDCDahJVpxpyjlI2miN9MC6VOdzL5pZJLQu15pv7gwpkUcXoHjFOEqQTfPCsloaCDtI_TnLZLahIVOKrQynGSAILXxzrbBkgNEXdHefr6qwxpD0trdBPuUIol-hvUgyry_8p/s320/val.jpg" width="221" /></a></div>I distinctly remember these Valentines from the 70's. I was in elementary school and every Valentine's Day we would make a Valentine card holder for our desk (usually out of 2 paper plates or a shoe box). We would decorate it with cut out hearts and on Valentine's Day distribute Valentine cards to our classmates.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-60864459844572313402011-02-07T19:31:00.000-03:302011-02-07T19:31:28.358-03:30Hockey Cards and Hopscotch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9IaOoGtRVEtt26UpaFqUFo3diTPLB6Rx9xqekuGjbNS4Zs2A7yD_PrfIIzEPENMI_zfa7QviMwmIIQ32rbUks4ADQQI3Ru0VS8tA0ScxdWwpIlKVP4vIrZIYUqyt6po0FqZy/s1600/Hockey_Cards_and_Hopscotch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9IaOoGtRVEtt26UpaFqUFo3diTPLB6Rx9xqekuGjbNS4Zs2A7yD_PrfIIzEPENMI_zfa7QviMwmIIQ32rbUks4ADQQI3Ru0VS8tA0ScxdWwpIlKVP4vIrZIYUqyt6po0FqZy/s1600/Hockey_Cards_and_Hopscotch.jpg" /></a></div>I remember this reader from grade 4 I think it was. I believe it had either all Newfoundland or all Canadian stories it it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-28382038077345889962011-01-20T19:05:00.000-03:302011-01-20T19:05:57.225-03:30Kitchen Garbage Can<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEnQTV9AILcru9FS2G9TqJgfE4UiESAvPCnedExVocKECIjNpbVP_ga9fHv6fls7uP1FWHQUmyguFEw2R5yg2t3zckHYm8bRGySutb_bdwyLKGjW_q6qfk3VbCEFSakCRY18tV/s1600/garbage+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEnQTV9AILcru9FS2G9TqJgfE4UiESAvPCnedExVocKECIjNpbVP_ga9fHv6fls7uP1FWHQUmyguFEw2R5yg2t3zckHYm8bRGySutb_bdwyLKGjW_q6qfk3VbCEFSakCRY18tV/s320/garbage+%25282%2529.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfOnn6z_bFT8er9Ab6v02CF3QPgg8q6XSFddFKt2Ft-MA916vYkWdCDVLndc1URPOfHlkpzTsW8IQAf_g9ZtyzYgEaypJCq8slGpuAvKAV-ePZF4GzG8ewRtHUKUiNr5be5pH/s1600/garbage+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfOnn6z_bFT8er9Ab6v02CF3QPgg8q6XSFddFKt2Ft-MA916vYkWdCDVLndc1URPOfHlkpzTsW8IQAf_g9ZtyzYgEaypJCq8slGpuAvKAV-ePZF4GzG8ewRtHUKUiNr5be5pH/s320/garbage+%25283%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>We had a garbage can like this in our kitchen but ours was harvest gold to match the rest of the kitchen.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-27804441023737317132010-12-30T12:46:00.000-03:302010-12-30T12:46:41.435-03:30Christmas Tree Topper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuWV1hT2e4jEyhpe46z71rLErmeFtR6DUmMvY6lULPWVnTV9PP0R7-eB-r98MwwgDtyBqCtWM1XQGIdEQx453ktXLiiErF3X9ISuYBt9ayOHlejeb_g7ZwdQa1nXKjJInceId/s1600/topper1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuWV1hT2e4jEyhpe46z71rLErmeFtR6DUmMvY6lULPWVnTV9PP0R7-eB-r98MwwgDtyBqCtWM1XQGIdEQx453ktXLiiErF3X9ISuYBt9ayOHlejeb_g7ZwdQa1nXKjJInceId/s320/topper1.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1Zq6_R19zx540e_WgpEOVw8uwc6lo0u7rzO7jlQN8na8b2odKe1-zzVc84CyoXT_UA1GUlaCWe9b5kgdKrJpBcM2bQG9xcnzkuMw4nfDOYEHtmZKx2D2EABzQOj8jEN31-qt/s1600/Image38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1Zq6_R19zx540e_WgpEOVw8uwc6lo0u7rzO7jlQN8na8b2odKe1-zzVc84CyoXT_UA1GUlaCWe9b5kgdKrJpBcM2bQG9xcnzkuMw4nfDOYEHtmZKx2D2EABzQOj8jEN31-qt/s320/Image38.jpg" width="302" /></a></div>We had a tree top similar to this one as you can see in the photo of our very sad looking Christmas tree from the late 60's.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-85645144906355476982010-12-23T13:27:00.000-03:302010-12-23T13:27:36.788-03:30Santa Mug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmSKKjPVzpIfEsQa-tuBbgpD5REwktdJSaBIeSM5Yt6UTcdjttYEbPic27WqC_fUfR3fe5rkyBebtH_C4SE2aRTs6mBRxZ5LaenULXSvMPqPVs-dTCPbmkdp69szX2DdKd3vu/s1600/xmas-mug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmSKKjPVzpIfEsQa-tuBbgpD5REwktdJSaBIeSM5Yt6UTcdjttYEbPic27WqC_fUfR3fe5rkyBebtH_C4SE2aRTs6mBRxZ5LaenULXSvMPqPVs-dTCPbmkdp69szX2DdKd3vu/s1600/xmas-mug.jpg" /></a></div>We had a mug like this but I don't remember anyone ever using it. It was always in the cupboard above the fridge.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-86974006794538115172010-12-20T13:59:00.000-03:302010-12-20T13:59:16.002-03:30Mistletoe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YqdM65J8jCVyd8o14p6KgOw_QVTm96pWqRdC2IoaOjMTKDEv1sK45AX2KeUg4X57tFrNUIgKnbfnvBKPv-ADnZ_eVuiCuw4kFLEDHsz0qh0AX3m81m_yzd8GUnV1CyMc-W3v/s1600/mist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YqdM65J8jCVyd8o14p6KgOw_QVTm96pWqRdC2IoaOjMTKDEv1sK45AX2KeUg4X57tFrNUIgKnbfnvBKPv-ADnZ_eVuiCuw4kFLEDHsz0qh0AX3m81m_yzd8GUnV1CyMc-W3v/s320/mist.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgak8itlFcRrhBInkgVFbdzJtRoxM7MOuIdEx78nZ-IAQES7Iq-smcJEhpKugRwCx0sZa5WJl6hBWd4D5MWTGOEgNZrXaHkwcsmpKuoHxJhRZlb9QC2yVyk4U26RReOaPFwK4Gw/s1600/mistletoe+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgak8itlFcRrhBInkgVFbdzJtRoxM7MOuIdEx78nZ-IAQES7Iq-smcJEhpKugRwCx0sZa5WJl6hBWd4D5MWTGOEgNZrXaHkwcsmpKuoHxJhRZlb9QC2yVyk4U26RReOaPFwK4Gw/s320/mistletoe+%25282%2529.jpg" width="159" /></a></div>Ah, the classy plastic mistletoe that we used to hang every year. We always hung it in the doorway leading from the hallway to the living room. One year we even got a picture of Mom & Dad kissing underneath it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-15287695445497689172010-12-17T15:10:00.002-03:302010-12-17T15:10:22.278-03:30Stained Glass Angel Ornament<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcE-UgCQxhJGcsJd_WSpW1l41UE9OSQn6rWybFEWooMUqQ6N7hM8g7_CkxY9yYHdCSKWIDNfo94DipSZ5neJCKt_mbsEZFPS5P5qTnoO7AFA9LrF44_JO85o93Bxqu-Mm6gfNz/s1600/angel+ornament.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcE-UgCQxhJGcsJd_WSpW1l41UE9OSQn6rWybFEWooMUqQ6N7hM8g7_CkxY9yYHdCSKWIDNfo94DipSZ5neJCKt_mbsEZFPS5P5qTnoO7AFA9LrF44_JO85o93Bxqu-Mm6gfNz/s1600/angel+ornament.jpg" /></a></div>These were not real stained glass, but plastic. We had a few of them on our tree, I thought they were cute.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-36273301855065072802010-07-12T20:37:00.003-02:302010-09-02T20:36:26.266-02:30Hymnbook<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxH9EvpYDFyQI4gzbnjF2x6vmfqbtvaljPUCuTqA_zNFhnAlGP6vN3GvwuQgCN4eed38V5LUo6QhUVEd0sHwx5WnUSp0KT0jcyfoqLvk7yFsZW2gcTiodBEBDq4_QC52rIok1/s1600/hymnbook.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 210px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493160531880316690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxH9EvpYDFyQI4gzbnjF2x6vmfqbtvaljPUCuTqA_zNFhnAlGP6vN3GvwuQgCN4eed38V5LUo6QhUVEd0sHwx5WnUSp0KT0jcyfoqLvk7yFsZW2gcTiodBEBDq4_QC52rIok1/s320/hymnbook.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnhF5LSKMvYzZmcZDGFBsLkAvp4O7hxaO8MKDnUzCsErUaMEJZEOlD7xkvRHn0c9i1TzSCl1MqW06NOuu7kDzAvKJIx5wrhyphenhyphenC8LMZMZnJwcP4Y4kD8fO_Lnrvs6lS5d_WiFXS/s1600/hym.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493160527821887058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnhF5LSKMvYzZmcZDGFBsLkAvp4O7hxaO8MKDnUzCsErUaMEJZEOlD7xkvRHn0c9i1TzSCl1MqW06NOuu7kDzAvKJIx5wrhyphenhyphenC8LMZMZnJwcP4Y4kD8fO_Lnrvs6lS5d_WiFXS/s320/hym.jpg" /></a>When my sister and I were small we'd play "church" and sing hymns from this hymnbook. I think ours was blue or green.</div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">EAVB_TUERHMRNMV</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-88613914317614950372010-04-24T13:22:00.003-02:302010-04-24T13:25:34.870-02:30School Day Treasures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzc1Srlyw6-JTz0vCi4R7CVZl-K3C9V_NRBvlb-hq30H6gMugqQxGmSQALE6r7dffIs0QclryHqU6u8cuu6KByV_3vfSDId_Ux6X-Xt-373RpmRQwIYWgZ0t4esLMIgn1Om5l/s1600/school-day-treasures.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 260px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463733196898008130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzc1Srlyw6-JTz0vCi4R7CVZl-K3C9V_NRBvlb-hq30H6gMugqQxGmSQALE6r7dffIs0QclryHqU6u8cuu6KByV_3vfSDId_Ux6X-Xt-373RpmRQwIYWgZ0t4esLMIgn1Om5l/s320/school-day-treasures.jpg" /></a><br /><div>When my younger sister, brother and I were growing up we had these scrapbook/photo albums. They were called School Day Treasures and there was a page for each grade in school. There were spaces to write in your teachers' names, activities you were involved in, a place for photos and each page was a folder where you could keep mementos like report cards and other school work. My sister probably still has hers. Our books had a different cover than what is shown here but the inside pages were the same.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-64102774903279944432010-03-22T14:44:00.002-02:302010-03-22T14:47:31.072-02:30Blender<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJ3oBKix53uPxUztYdzhuqNViJ61WUdVsKCl1Vo28rQ3GiXrFechYnE45Hp4wDVUzAG9u9Gai3KI4BtqE1jhgiMVxgusKRGBG9jefXGHQluCjBWbxSY1_-D1q043yqnWBpm4L/s1600-h/blender.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451508523081896946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJ3oBKix53uPxUztYdzhuqNViJ61WUdVsKCl1Vo28rQ3GiXrFechYnE45Hp4wDVUzAG9u9Gai3KI4BtqE1jhgiMVxgusKRGBG9jefXGHQluCjBWbxSY1_-D1q043yqnWBpm4L/s320/blender.jpg" /></a><br /><div>We had a blender like this only ours was harvest gold to match the rest of our kitchen (harvest gold fridge, stove, dishes, canister set, etc). I think we only used it to make egg nog at Christmas time.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-25616668237171359522010-02-14T12:30:00.003-03:302010-02-14T12:31:44.089-03:30Vintage Valentines<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_U_MKNzMBQfY_drAeH4LeDJH6n7N00vgTYROTHVqCjPW1hhmfe2yKXX7cHFAIN36OuXteQYyQEBItDA3TP2t9P8yERPFuGXQDJlay61DoGgOFuzvOANr0JEtZ0f4vAowXJj4/s1600-h/val.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438129797852090226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_U_MKNzMBQfY_drAeH4LeDJH6n7N00vgTYROTHVqCjPW1hhmfe2yKXX7cHFAIN36OuXteQYyQEBItDA3TP2t9P8yERPFuGXQDJlay61DoGgOFuzvOANr0JEtZ0f4vAowXJj4/s320/val.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhIDdhKQqj4-bzqyLm9a-dqcEci4XdEIcfpuBCZvNUB6_I8-UdqJlCi8sh6NxvLpGQP7Toedh0atAw1bTwSN_hcDkmEgpAXB3PCXcf9KaQt_ZdBJKdmHpOhwxmrgDZ7XpMN5Z/s1600-h/val+(2).jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438129790015244882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhIDdhKQqj4-bzqyLm9a-dqcEci4XdEIcfpuBCZvNUB6_I8-UdqJlCi8sh6NxvLpGQP7Toedh0atAw1bTwSN_hcDkmEgpAXB3PCXcf9KaQt_ZdBJKdmHpOhwxmrgDZ7XpMN5Z/s320/val+(2).jpg" /></a> <div>Some of these valentines look very familiar, especially the envelopes you had to cut out and glued together. And I know I had the parachute valentine in the middle of the first photo.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-58321964713666633482010-01-08T11:39:00.002-03:302010-01-08T11:41:17.453-03:30Lord's Prayer Cross Necklace<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0zLw3Ditpuu_NHrsaa-7XfpxtzOHQH4GYvpFMG8qf2YviDLQovTPVtbWiELWDL99W4FRPBsioQ_crKJgOahNH5gbtINZyzr645gZhX_Of8JVT-tULVzmUxczPS1wEVe26Khq/s1600-h/cross.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424386781066979746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0zLw3Ditpuu_NHrsaa-7XfpxtzOHQH4GYvpFMG8qf2YviDLQovTPVtbWiELWDL99W4FRPBsioQ_crKJgOahNH5gbtINZyzr645gZhX_Of8JVT-tULVzmUxczPS1wEVe26Khq/s320/cross.jpg" /></a><br /><div>My oldest sister had a necklace like this one. In the middle was a tiny window and when you looked inside you could read the Lord's Prayer. I was always fascinated with it.....how could they make printing that tiny I wondered. We were talking about this a few moths ago and my sister said she still has it. That would make it almost 40 years old.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-36054950676545973802009-12-20T21:08:00.003-03:302009-12-20T21:09:36.001-03:30Plastic Santa Ornament<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqY0DeCL8JWvKIVYg74LX3C_YLEceaNKCHqfD60aT5OOkLkkUADAtFTlTZAPCdig9rC39hJdg26FkQlZCMDjiEW2HTiVWWeczPHneHI2M6qOcGZ6qsr6Lo06u0gWYkJjmtRYjo/s1600-h/santa-candy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 154px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417482607782871954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqY0DeCL8JWvKIVYg74LX3C_YLEceaNKCHqfD60aT5OOkLkkUADAtFTlTZAPCdig9rC39hJdg26FkQlZCMDjiEW2HTiVWWeczPHneHI2M6qOcGZ6qsr6Lo06u0gWYkJjmtRYjo/s320/santa-candy.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I remember this on our tree, I think it held candy at one point. I don't ever remember seeing candy in it and I don't know where it came from. Probably our aunt next door.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-43016617840441437312009-12-16T19:55:00.004-03:302009-12-16T19:57:18.902-03:30Candle Perfume Bottle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyVBPLPlrDSDXJSeTZ-MIgQd36mZiWNpGN9PE2bzY5KfeeNfU7jbW5nJjLfaEBc4rSqNPiNapFuOB1LV3t0dMmOZOuS48TnwRhsAC8ncyfwBwyQSWZSD0FUiVXCdsWi2k7FQ3/s1600-h/candle.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 145px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415979441930642530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyVBPLPlrDSDXJSeTZ-MIgQd36mZiWNpGN9PE2bzY5KfeeNfU7jbW5nJjLfaEBc4rSqNPiNapFuOB1LV3t0dMmOZOuS48TnwRhsAC8ncyfwBwyQSWZSD0FUiVXCdsWi2k7FQ3/s320/candle.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPlmm53tExhPs4GBAXRV0kXsncrRUyHHabPQawaZSm1Urv25WrfnjTgvtkX3nRFCxGa_HykpxEmeneZq5P5hubWp8QhI_qMCfvkjyZFQh2S-JU14lafsrl_alOqMcgI8rTHZZ/s1600-h/candle-perfume.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 269px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415979432697263746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIPlmm53tExhPs4GBAXRV0kXsncrRUyHHabPQawaZSm1Urv25WrfnjTgvtkX3nRFCxGa_HykpxEmeneZq5P5hubWp8QhI_qMCfvkjyZFQh2S-JU14lafsrl_alOqMcgI8rTHZZ/s320/candle-perfume.jpg" /></a>I got this bottle of perfume one year for Christmas, it came from Avon. The label says Sweet Honesty Cologne.....I am sure I was sweet and honest when I was a teenager.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-39516380791451209382009-12-04T16:24:00.001-03:302009-12-04T16:26:20.640-03:301976 Sears Christmas Catalogue<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRMOEk4cK6VeR7fJtkU0N_iQNRPqloZH38iplmArL2q1U9vbJHaQMPI30s7PUjChSgnprf5Hhluk-OfLn6DCRldd1TAhnXU938fBI0aT_Ujz3hWlLxaJIM7K0TbgW0phUbslG/s1600-h/1976.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 237px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411472099493062114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRMOEk4cK6VeR7fJtkU0N_iQNRPqloZH38iplmArL2q1U9vbJHaQMPI30s7PUjChSgnprf5Hhluk-OfLn6DCRldd1TAhnXU938fBI0aT_Ujz3hWlLxaJIM7K0TbgW0phUbslG/s320/1976.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Who remembers this catalogue? The Sears Christmas catalogue was an important part of our Christmas. We couldn't wait for it to arrive and by the time Christmas came pages were falling out.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-26987258251550631612009-10-21T19:06:00.002-02:302009-10-21T19:08:24.485-02:30Pierrot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTfO_OrUjyMxQNo6UpWHE8RxKK0dRENTgS8uCxZhW3wTZ2-Nm9l0Dvk5niyY7J1wdYAQawomBHFbIZ2XIVPQnf4PDA8laUN_1w9nwWFHCFcEISK6mpiEbr1ZdWso-AFTHgb7-/s1600-h/pierrot2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395170803132017234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTfO_OrUjyMxQNo6UpWHE8RxKK0dRENTgS8uCxZhW3wTZ2-Nm9l0Dvk5niyY7J1wdYAQawomBHFbIZ2XIVPQnf4PDA8laUN_1w9nwWFHCFcEISK6mpiEbr1ZdWso-AFTHgb7-/s320/pierrot2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLC1s6wCK_ovSAEodhMZ3GzQpBanF_lz4ZRwSlci-q8Kpi1N3HflQCh9-5JWZFeZ4zVzZxahgxj6q0JuIBag0FddG-KWCdtNNIO0t0J_zHSSVCUDppx6_KkT29koW9mCap-sc/s1600-h/pierrot+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395170798010794626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLC1s6wCK_ovSAEodhMZ3GzQpBanF_lz4ZRwSlci-q8Kpi1N3HflQCh9-5JWZFeZ4zVzZxahgxj6q0JuIBag0FddG-KWCdtNNIO0t0J_zHSSVCUDppx6_KkT29koW9mCap-sc/s320/pierrot+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>When I was a teenager Pierrot was very popular. My sister and I had posters like these and stationery with these pictures on it as well. I even bought my sister a Pierrot clock one year for her birthday or Christmas.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-45994807620353834302009-10-14T12:13:00.002-02:302009-10-14T12:15:21.623-02:30Retractable Light<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxMrvGyc4B94DvXSFsAfWNeQdj0wiqXO9g_yXkUbIiBiqSlQELh5l-w2nwPDeYLqZLGp8z-vlFs8UEf78Gz22UTluEHSIDYqwlNhdBgoNBRfbnCRpFKja3gf1CkS5GH9eDCwC/s1600-h/light+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392466726998840146" style="WIDTH: 277px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxMrvGyc4B94DvXSFsAfWNeQdj0wiqXO9g_yXkUbIiBiqSlQELh5l-w2nwPDeYLqZLGp8z-vlFs8UEf78Gz22UTluEHSIDYqwlNhdBgoNBRfbnCRpFKja3gf1CkS5GH9eDCwC/s320/light+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxerwHOHpCSUPLSephOpJfUY62lYn7mqPZDSvdXpjP4CtXUSBd6rowvE9mWDiGc7aI-FU2tspn-_kMqSo31e-E2Htz0M7RfFhp9Rn3USrYa1dIEPLSNfSz4r1p_Zt5SLWnTr5/s1600-h/light.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392466714973390530" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxerwHOHpCSUPLSephOpJfUY62lYn7mqPZDSvdXpjP4CtXUSBd6rowvE9mWDiGc7aI-FU2tspn-_kMqSo31e-E2Htz0M7RfFhp9Rn3USrYa1dIEPLSNfSz4r1p_Zt5SLWnTr5/s320/light.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div align="left">We had a light fixture similar to this one in our kitchen. You could pull it down but we never did, except when we were fooling around and then Mom would tell us to "put that light back".</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-85333880893961834732009-10-06T16:31:00.002-02:302009-10-06T16:33:18.124-02:30Plymouth Rock Salt & Pepper Shakers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtD3GdY414mcC4lnmwJTDSmpgDphrhe-VvcdlpkF1lRUoKoLneXvb9X1wSaB32yGtEMza4RzkW51IcGo-Nt0wKi38GbKqGCcmMX4mmO0PCq4QNR675MyTQ4rrRyKLz4OxP3fu/s1600-h/plymouth-rock.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389564581508441938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtD3GdY414mcC4lnmwJTDSmpgDphrhe-VvcdlpkF1lRUoKoLneXvb9X1wSaB32yGtEMza4RzkW51IcGo-Nt0wKi38GbKqGCcmMX4mmO0PCq4QNR675MyTQ4rrRyKLz4OxP3fu/s320/plymouth-rock.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Mom had a set of salt & pepper shakers like this, Plymouth Rock. My uncle, who lived in Boston, must have gave them to her.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-4864795632287261162009-09-23T20:00:00.002-02:302009-09-23T20:01:50.928-02:30Red Handled Ricer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgTtQnIQyXdEpMYdY_9fRPEUpQljFntzu-RnMQEWJ84WwAZZjnsMYTq06hq5Yk4X1ekuCgFTPq0ZmR-sa612sOJxSMABAH48SDZgdqwgwWbS81KFICB-QZXjnjExz5qxEohrG/s1600-h/ricer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384794199731642770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgTtQnIQyXdEpMYdY_9fRPEUpQljFntzu-RnMQEWJ84WwAZZjnsMYTq06hq5Yk4X1ekuCgFTPq0ZmR-sa612sOJxSMABAH48SDZgdqwgwWbS81KFICB-QZXjnjExz5qxEohrG/s320/ricer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Mom had several red handled kitchen tools, this ricer was one of them. I remember seeing it in the kitchen drawer but I never saw her use it.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30847229.post-17464701276007809262009-09-22T18:06:00.003-02:302009-09-22T18:11:43.934-02:30Frustration Pencils<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoO4Wk8jk8LDSp5CsIA4rS6vtIllgqe2JwTPvFIqsD4IgcoXT8fJpHppGmD_5AauSlrWdjIUrrbtE1IJ6H26Wd-P1yxPEMqNblV-PgvIc2w8v8yIb0QaJj_VDhiSmKzT8AnkEN/s1600-h/pencil.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384394759264658082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoO4Wk8jk8LDSp5CsIA4rS6vtIllgqe2JwTPvFIqsD4IgcoXT8fJpHppGmD_5AauSlrWdjIUrrbtE1IJ6H26Wd-P1yxPEMqNblV-PgvIc2w8v8yIb0QaJj_VDhiSmKzT8AnkEN/s320/pencil.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My sister and I bought these one year before Christmas. I think I was in grade 6 or 7 and I remember it vividly. We were in Corner Brook shopping with our parents. We were at Woolworths on West Street and the store had a small Christmas tree decorated with the frustration pencils. They had a little tag attached to them with this saying: <em>"When you're frustrated and don't know what to do, twirl me between your hands and I'll blow my top for you". </em>We thought they were so neat.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0